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Doug Klein
Jun 11, 2026, 10:48 AM
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Groups K/L Previews
Group K It is likely that Portugal goes around with a chip on its shoulder vis-a-vis its larger, more populous Iberian Peninsula neighbor. For instance, when Spain expelled its Jews in 1492, it was regarded as a significant event in...
Doug Klein
Jun 10, 2026, 2:34 PM
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–H/I/J Previews
Group H In past editions of the Zionist's Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC), Spain was consistently rated poorly. This assessment was based almost entirely on those inconveniences of 500+ years ago commonly known as the Expulsion from Spain and...
Doug Klein
Jun 9, 2026, 2:35 PM
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–E/F/G Previews
The much-reviled Group of Death will be revealed somewhere below. Group E Dear Reader(s), it is a testament to the shock of October 7th and the evident anti-Semitic bloodlust in Europe–as well as much of the rest of the world–that Germany...
Doug Klein
Jun 8, 2026, 6:33 PM
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Group B/C/D Previews
(Dear Reader(s): If you read far enough in this lengthy post, you will find a bonus Bob Dylan quote.) Group B Every World Cup features a first-round group known histrionically as “The Group of Death.” The title is applied to...
Doug Klein
Jun 7, 2026, 1:56 PM
Featured Post
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup: Group A preview
Mexico and South Africa can count us out – there's only one Group A team we're pulling for — and it's not just because it comes from the land of the Golem
Doug Klein
Mar 25, 2026, 6:07 AM
Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Yet More Qualifiers
Currently, there are forty-two nations that have qualified for this summer's FIFA World Cup. One might think that forty-two nations would be sufficient to determine the king of the world's most popular sport–all the more so as a thirty-two...
Elliot Timothy
Mar 24, 2026, 5:54 PM
A Test of Football’s Conscience: FIFA’s Iran Dilema
There are moments when sport collides so completely with politics and morality that pretending otherwise becomes untenable. FIFA, for decades, has insisted on its neutrality - a governing body above geopolitics, guided only by the principles of the game....
Alex Sinclair
Mar 10, 2026, 4:12 PM
On Arsenal and Israel
It’s hard to be an Israeli and an Arsenal fan these days. Them lot up the road are seen as the “Jewish” club, but there are many Jewish Arsenal supporters in the UK, and thousands of Israeli Gooners too...
Elliot Timothy
Dec 4, 2025, 7:41 AM
Briefed by the IRGC: Iran’s Strategy to Weaponize Football at the 2026 World Cup
Iran plans to weaponize football against Israel, that much has become clear over the course of the last few days. When a national football federation brings in intelligence and security officials to brief its players on how to act...
Elliot Timothy
Nov 20, 2025, 7:17 AM
UEFA’s Red Card to Israel: A New Low in the Politicisation of Sport
I’ve watched the growing campaign to remove Israel from UEFA with a mix of disbelief and concern. What started as a fringe demand has now found surprising momentum in certain football circles, most prominently the Irish Football Association. And...
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